Archer Mayor se proslavil svými oceňovanými thrillery z Nové Anglie, které se vyznačují poutavými zápletkami a komplexními postavami. Jeho styl je zakořeněn v živém popisu krajiny, která slouží jako působivá kulisa jeho příběhů. Mayorův jedinečný hlas spočívá v jeho schopnosti vytvářet složité postavy a vtahující dějové linie, které zaujmou čtenáře. Jeho práce je svědectvím o mistrovském vyprávění, které vnáší do žánru thrillerů hloubku a inteligenci.
The Vermont Bureau of Investigation faces unprecedented challenges as Joe Gunther and his team are stretched across various assignments. They must confront a troubling series of serial arsons that escalate into shocking murders, shaking the tranquil Green Mountain State to its core. As they navigate from rural areas to urban settings, the investigation tests their limits and uncovers dark secrets hidden beneath Vermont's serene facade.
A devastating call from the NYPD forces Willy to confront his past when he identifies the body of his ex-wife, Mary, who is believed to have overdosed. Returning to the gritty streets of his youth in New York City, Willy is haunted by memories and guilt, prompting him to investigate further into her death. As he delves into his history, including his dark time in Vietnam as the notorious Sniper, he grapples with old demons and the consequences of his past actions, leading him toward a reckoning.
The story follows Joe Gunther as he grapples with the murder of Deputy Sheriff Brian Sleuter, who was killed during a routine traffic stop. The investigation reveals that the perpetrators are Boston-based drug runners, leading to a tense pursuit of justice. As Gunther delves into the case, he confronts the dangers of law enforcement and the emotional toll of losing a colleague in the line of duty. The narrative explores themes of duty, loss, and the gritty realities of policing in a world fraught with crime.
In Archer Mayor's Marked Man, the death of a local millionaire becomes suspicious when Joe Gunther learns that he was not who he claimed. A year ago, local philanthropist and millionaire Nathan Lyon died a natural death in his sprawling mansion, a 150,000 square foot converted mill, surrounded by his loving, attentive family. Or so it seemed at the time. Now Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team has discovered that almost nothing about that story was true. Nathan Lyon was actually Nick Bianchi from Providence, Rhode Island. His money came from Mafia-tainted sources. And his family now seems to be dying themselves and their deaths are now revealed to be murders. As Gunther’s team desperately works to uncover what is going on at The Mill, who is responsible and what they are trying to accomplish, Joe himself travels to Rhode Island to look into the original source of the money. While the police are doing their jobs, private investigator Sally Kravitz teams up with reporter Rachel Reiling to expose the truth behind this tangled and expanding web of duplicity, greed, and obsession. Having betrayed many, it’s no surprise that Nathan Lyon was a marked man. But now Gunther has to figure out who, among the many, killed him, and stop them before their killing spree claims another.
"The Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI) has been pulled onto three cases at the same time; meanwhile, VBI head Joe Gunther has to take time off to care for his ailing mother. Those cases are now in the hands of the individual investigators. Sammie Martens is assigned a murder case. The victim is a young woman, the roommate of the daughter of Medical Examiner Beverly Hillstrom. A recent transplant from Albany, New York, Sammie must find out what put a hit man on the trail of this seemingly innocent young woman. Lester Spinney takes over a famous cold case, a double murder where a state trooper and a motorist were killed in an exchange of gunfire. Or so it has seemed for years. When Lester is told that the motorist's fingerprints were planted on the gun he's supposed to have fired, it opens the question - who really killed the state trooper? Willy Kunkle's case starts with a child's discovery of three teeth on a railroad track, leading eventually to a case of possible sabotage against critical military equipment. In cases that lead the team all over Vermont and nearby, Archer Mayor once again shows why his novels featuring Joe Gunther and the VBI team are among the finest crime fiction today."--Publisher's description.
In this suspenseful new novel, Joe Gunther, Archer Mayor's beloved detective, confronts one of his most perplexing cases yet. The story features intricate plots and richly developed characters set against the vibrant backdrop of New England. Mayor's skillful writing brings the landscape to life, enhancing the mystery and intrigue. Praised for elevating regional mysteries to an art form, this installment promises to engage fans with its compelling narrative and complex challenges.
Diesseits ins Jenseits - bk1479; Goldmann Verlag; Archer Mayor; pocket_book; 1993
A Joe Gunther Novel
"In Archer Mayor's intriguing new Vermont-based mystery, The Orphan's Guilt, a straightforward traffic stop snowballs into a homicide investigation after Joe Gunther and his fellow investigators peel back layer upon layer of history and personal heartbreak to learn a decades-old hidden truth. John Rust is arrested for drunk driving by a Vermont state trooper. Looking to find mitigating circumstances, John's lawyer hires private eye Sally Kravitz to look into the recent death of John's younger brother, purportedly from a childhood brain injury years earlier. But what was the nature of that injury, and might its mechanism point more to murder than to natural causes? That debate brings in Joe Gunther and his team. Gunther's efforts quickly uncover an ancient tale of avarice, betrayal, and vengeance that swirled around the Rust boys growing up. Their parents and the people they consorted with - forgotten, relentless, but now jolted to action by this simple set of circumstances - emerge with a destructive passion. All while the presumably innocent John Rust mysteriously vanishes with no explanation"--Provided by publisher
